The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

OUR Special Friends

Registered charity 1156778 Registered since 2014

Operates: Suffolk

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 6Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 5Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£264k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ourspecialfriends.org
Emailoffice@ourspecialfriends.org
Phone01284 247077
AddressUnit 4, The Vision Centre, 5 Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AB

Finances

£264,364 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£240,487£140,160
2022£237,478£204,922
2023£222,569£239,446
2024£227,277£276,261
2025£264,364£264,259

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesAnimalsOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF THE ELDERLY AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES BY HELPING THEM TO MAINTAIN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND HAVE ACCESS TO COMPANION ANIMALS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE.TO RELIEVE ELDERLY AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN NEED OF HELP AND SUPPORT WITH THEIR ANIMALS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH ACCESS TO ANIMAL COMPANIONSHIP.TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING HELP TREATMENT AND GUIDANCE IN THE CARE AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS BELONGING TO THE ELDERLY AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND TO ASSIST WITH THE RESETTLEMENT OF ANIMALS THAT CAN NO LONGER BE ADEQUATELY CARED FOR BY AN ELDERLY OR VULNERABLE PERSON. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE BENEFIT TO THE ELDERLY AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE OF ANIMAL COMPANIONSHIP AND IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE PROPER CARE AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS BY THE ELDERLY AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND THE EFFECT THAT THE DEATH OF AN ANIMAL CAN HAVE ON AN ELDERLY OR OTHER VULNERABLE PERSON.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 JAN 2014INCORPORATED 28/01/2014 as amended on 12 Feb 2025

Trustees (6)

6trustees
52median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

OUR Special Friends · 08769892 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/11/2013

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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